Asfar’s next Digital Talks: “Climate Change” will be a round table with two speakers: Dr Peter Hopcroft, lecturer on climate change, University of Birmingham Tamsin Lacourte, sustainability and climate change advocate, ZenBin As you can see this talk brings together experts in the climate change field and will be discussing the big questions surrounding sustainability and climate … Continued
Asfar’s next Digital Talks: “The Refugee Experience: Humanitarian Migration in the UK” will be a round table with three speakers: Far Mira Gerlach – Operations Manager and Youth Welfare Project Manager at Refugee Rights Europe Sarah M. Hughes – Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow in Human Geography at Northumbria University Aladdin Aljian – Originally from Syria, is currently … Continued
Asfar’s next Digital Talks: ‘The state of the art of resilience’ will be by Jo Wilkie, an intercultural psychologist Jo is an intercultural psychologist and expert in the promotion of resilience, mental health and migration and facilitating intercultural dialogue. She is passionate about resilience and helping people understand it and build on it in their lives. With her husband, she … Continued
Our next Digital Talks: ‘Closing the sex educational gap for girls in Bulgaria’ will be by Svetla Raeva and Raya Baeva, human rights campaigners and activists. ‘Vagina Matters is an illustrated book on sex education for girls. It was created and published by Fine Acts, a global creative studio for social change, and released in … Continued
Asfar’s next Digital Talks: ‘Effects of Covid-19 on Girls Education in the Developing World’ will be by Ronke Oladele, Anchorise. Ronke Oladele is an Msc International Development graduate from the University of Birmingham. She is the founder of Anchorise; a social enterprise centred around empowering young girls through education through the sale of sustainable backpacks … Continued
Our next Digital Talks: ‘Period Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa’ will be by Modupe Adeagbo, a Public Health analyst from FemBox. Modupe Adeagbo is a Public Health analyst with a degree in Global Public Health from New York University and works for FemBox – a non-profit organisation promoting women and girls health in Sub-Saharan Africa. The … Continued
Our next Digital Talks: ‘Rombelong Tutoring: Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people and education in the UK‘ by Chrissie Browne, Widening Participation Department at King’s College London. Chrissie Browne leads on the work to increase representation of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller students in Higher Education by addressing barriers that occur throughout the education lifecycle. The Talk will … Continued
Our next Digital Talks: ‘Desectarianisation: a New Path for Peace Building?‘ by Dr Simon Mabon, Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University, whilst also being Director of the Richardson Institute. Dr. Simon Mabon is the director of SEPAD, funded by Carnegie Corporation, which looks at the way in which the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran is … Continued
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